The United States the Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules addressing corporate diversity where publicly held corporations will need to disclose the consideration of diversity initiatives applied in the nomination of board directors. For practical purposes, many of the anti-discrimination initiatives implemented by U.S. corporations must be internally motivated (Collins, 2012). Another initiative is the equal pay for men and women, which has been a critical issue around the world. In January 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to supplement existing pay equity legislation. Under the Act, the statute of limitations in which to bring an equal pay discrimination claim resets after each discriminatory paycheck
